Week 12: Changing Views and Changing Systems Overview The last several decades have brought about significant change in the information cycle (creation, validation, sharing, repurposing) and in how people interact with each other. Each era creates institutions that reflect the information-based needs they face. Libraries in Alexandria, the Academy in Greece, churches in the middle ages, and schools/universities (~800 years ago). If we want to understand the institutions a society will create, we must first understand the nature and attributes of information of that era. And that's what we've been doing so far in CCK12. Readings
Overview
The last several decades have brought about significant change in the information cycle (creation, validation, sharing, repurposing) and in how people interact with each other. Each era creates institutions that reflect the information-based needs they face. Libraries in Alexandria, the Academy in Greece, churches in the middle ages, and schools/universities (~800 years ago). If we want to understand the institutions a society will create, we must first understand the nature and attributes of information of that era. And that's what we've been doing so far in CCK12.
Readings
- George Siemens, New structures and spaces of learning: The systemic impact of connective knowledge, connectivism, and networked learning
- Michael A. Peters,Higher Education, Globalization, and the Knowledge Economy (.pdf)
- Stephen Downes, The Future of Online Learning and The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On
- Siemens, Matheos (2010): Systemic Changes in Education: http://ineducation.ca/article/systemic-changes-higher-education
SeminarsThursday, 8 pm Eastern Time. Elluminate:https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp?sid=2008104&password=M.9D02C4469B0C9783A1C6E60A6CD262See time zone conversions (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCK12&iso=20120126T20&p1=250)
ActivitiesSubmit your final project and write your final blog post wrapping up your thoughts on the course!